If you were in a car crash and had been eating all day, how is that different from a routine surgery where you weren’t allowed to eat for a certain amount of time before surgery?
Edit: based on some answers, perhaps I should clarify obviously I understand they have to perform surgery in an emergency. My question is more what do they do in an emergency when you haven’t fasted.
Thanks to those with real answers, I never knew about the special tube that could be used. That’s pretty cool.
I’m having surgery tomorrow and can’t eat so was just wondering how they handle food in the stomach during an emergency surgery situation.
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Related question: when I had to have an extremely emergent C section that I needed to be put fully under for, they had me drink a shot of some nasty liquid since I hadn’t been fasting and had eaten somewhat recently. What is this liquid and does it somehow lessen chances of vomiting/aspiration?
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